Bottle carton



1m 1951 G. c. CURRIE ET AL 2, 6,0

BOTTLE CARTON Filed Nov. 28, 1947 5 Sheets-Sheet l GROVER C. CURRIE,

AND

WALTER A BECKER,

ATTORNEY INVENTOR S June 1951 s. c. CURRIE ET AL BOTTLE CARTON 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Nov. 28, 1947 E R R U C C. m V m 6 mo WALTER A. BECKER,

INVENTORS.

ATTORNEY Julie 1951 G. c. CURRIE ET AL BOTTLE CARTON 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed Nov. 28, 1947 m .o m mm m a m w B m G Rm E E T BM W n u By M M 469 X19 i 8% m a P wfi 3w 3 3 Ag 8 ATTORNEY Patented June 5, 1951 BOTTLE CARTON Grover C. Currie, Charlotte, and Walter A. Becker,

High Point, N. C., assignors to Dacam Corporation, Charlotte, N. 0., a corporation of North Carolina Application November 28, 1947, Serial No. 788,603

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to an improved carton for carrying bottle drinks and more especially to a carton adapted to be used in a machine adapted to place the bottles in a carton such as shown in an application filed of even date herewith and entitled Method and Means for Placing Articles in Cartons, filed by Grover C. Currie, Bernard D. Dans, and Sterling R. Arner.

It is an object of this invention to provide a carton formed from a continuous blank of mat'erial having end wall tabs folded from each edge thereof and having a centrally disposed portion doubled upon itself to provide a handle portion and having openings in each side thereof through which the necks of bottles or other articles may be projected to stand out through the openings and having bottom flaps which are adapted to be folded one on top of the other and secured together to complete the carton.

It is another object of this invention to provide a carton for bottled drinks and the like having crease lines along which the end walls may be folded and secured to each other and having crease lines along which the bottom fiaps may be folded to horizontal overlapping position and the end walls being adapted to be collapsed between the two side walls so that the carton, until it is assembled ready for use, can be collapsed to a fiat condition without providing additional crease lines for folding purposes only.

Some of the objects of the invention having been stated, other objects will appear as the description proceeds when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an isometric view of the assembled carton;

Figure 2 is a reverse isometric view of the assembled carton and showing the portions not shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a plan view of the inside surface of the blank before it is folded;

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 but showing some of the tabs folded into position ready for the blank to be folded one half upon the other along a median line.

By referring to Figures 1, 3, 4 and 2 there may be observed the details of a specially constructed carton for use in a packaging machine. This car ton is made from a single piece of material such as cardboard creased along a crease line 459 to divide it into two identical sections. On the right-hand side of crease line 459 in Figure 3 therein is a rectangular section 454 bounded by crease lines 459 and 459a, 409 and 469. This section has cut outs H2 therein with crease lines M3 along which they may be bent by insertion of ones fingers for carrying the filled carton. Extending from crease lines 559 and fllEQa are tabs 555i and 458a respectively, which have semicircular cut outs i530 and 4532) respectively which have glue spots G2 and GI respectively thereon and which tabs are folded over to the position shown in Figure 4.

This end of the blank has an opening 4 I 8 which is irregular in shape and is provided with tabs G37 and 431a which define gaps Ml, 4am and Min into which one side of the bottles in one side of the carton fit in the assembled carton.

This side also has an irregular crease line 441a along which the tabs 43'! and G3'ia may be bent outwardly and it also has crease lines 449 and 449a to allow outward bulging of the tabs 43'! and 43111.

This section of the blank also has crease lines 4M and M411 along which end tabs 42%? and 426a may be bent over to the position shown in Figure 4. Tabs M6 and 416a project from the portions 425 and 428a respectively and may be bent along the crease lines 420 and 52% respectively in distending the carton ready for filling.

The tabs M6, 426, ilfia and 426a when turned over to the position shown in Figure 4 have glue spots G3 and GS respectively applied thereto and one of the glue spots may be omitted, if desired. The said one side portion of the blank has crease lines 429 and 429a along which a portion 419 may bulge outwardly as the bottles are inserted therein. The sidewall portion 479 has a lip 419a for engaging the outer sides of the bottles. The lower end of the portion 419 has a crease line 40! along which a bottom tab 405 may be bent inwardly to horizontal position.

he other half of the carton has a reetangular section 410 bounded by crease lines 459, 4539a, are and 415?). This is the section whichxhas a slot lll therein. The crease lines Alta and 416i) define tabs 474 and 414a which have semi-circular cut outs 4140 and 4141) respectively in their outer ends. These tabs have glue spots G4 and G3 respectively on their upper faces in Figure 3, before they are bent over to the position shown in Figure 4 from the position shown in Figure 3. The other side of the carton has an irregular opening M9 having tabs 481a and 481i) projecting into this opening which define notches 453a, 4381) and 4880 for accommodating one side of the bottles when placed in the carton. These tab portions 481a and 48lb are bent outwardly along a crease line 453 when the carton is distended to receive the bottles.

There are also crease lines 485 and 486a to allow outward distension of this portion of the side wall.

In alignment with the outer edges of th opening 4 l 9 are crease lines M and 4|Ea along which end wall tabs 688a and 48% may be bent and crease lines 485 and 485a define tabs fillet and M! respectively, which when bent over to the position shown inFigure 4 have glue spots GI!) and Gil applied thereto.

At this stage in Figure a, glue spots G5 and G6 are applied to the top surfaces of the tabs tl' la and 474 respectively, so that. they may adhere to the tabs 530. and A58 respectively.

The left-hand side wall portion e99: alsohas crease lines 498 and 4980/. along which the lower portion of this side wall may. bulge outwardly along with its projecting portion @9901. The

portion 498 has a crease line $88 along which arrtj other bottom tab Q86 may be bent to horizontal position.

With the carton blank treated as above and being in the position shown in Figure 4, one of the halves of this blank may be folded on top of the other half of the blank along the crease line 469. and glue spots Gill and G3 .will secure the tabs 4I6a and all together and glue spots GI and G9 will secure the tabs MS and Mia together and glue spot G5 will secure tabs 558a and 41 4a. together and glue spot G6 will secure the tabs 458 and 474 together forming handle 4H1. Before any glue spots G5 to CH l are applied a plurality of rows of indentations X are formed inthe tabs M6, Alta, ll! and Alla to cause. better adherence between the proximate faces of these tabs when the carton is folded to assembled position.

Also it will be noted that the bottom flap 405 has rowsof indentations Y formed in its lower surface before a coating of glue 3M5 is applied thereto.

Thus the carton is assembled in flat form ready to be fed into the machine and then have its side walls separated from each other by the suction means of the machine. If desired, glue spots G8 and G9 may be omitted.

In the drawings and specification there has been set. forth a preferred embodiment of the invention, and although specific terms are employed, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only, and not for purposes of limitation, the scope of the invention being defined in the claim. 7

We claim:

A bottle carrying carton adapted to carry six bottles comprising a sheet of paper board and the like creased adjacent'each end thereof to provide a pair of bottom flaps and creased at its medial portion to form the upper end of a handle portion and also creased in spaced relation to the medial portion to form a rectangular handle portion. on each side of said medial crease line,

4. each of the rectangular handle portions having outwardly directed flaps extending therefrom and having a semicircular cut-away portion in the free ends thereof which are adapted to be folded inwardly against the inner sides of the rectangular portions before the rectangular portions are folded against each other into vertical relationship to form a handle, one of said rectangular portions having an elongated opening therein and the other rectangular portion having a plurality of substantially circular cut-away portions adapted to coincide with the elongated opening when the. two rectangular portions are folded against each other and secured in position and through which the fingers can be inserted for carrying the carton, a side wall portion hingedly connected to each of said rectangular portions at one of its ends and being hingedly secured at its other end to one of said bottom flaps, each of said side wall portions hav-- ing and flaps. hingedly secured thereto along. a continuous longitudinal fold. line extending from the junction point of the side wall portion with the bottom fiap to the junction point of, the side wall portion and the rectangular portion, each of said end flaps being provided with a flap floldable inwardly along. crease lines. beginning at the junction points of the. side portions with,

the outer edges of the. rectangular areas and in divergent relation to the lateral margins of the side portions and adapted to be adhesively secured together to hold the end panels in alinement to bridge the distance between the ends of the side portions and occupying, positions above but in spaced relation to the bottom. flaps, each of the side portions having an. opening extending transversely thereof from one end flap to the other, each of said side wall portions having a pair of crease lines converging inwardly from the junction points of thebottom flap and the lateral side edges. of the said side wall portions,

' the other ends of said last-named crease lines GROVER C. CURRIE. WALTER A. BECKER.

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